Hurricane Milton – William Koenig
October 10, 2024
As the Biden Administration was putting major pressure on Israel to agree to a cease fire with Hezbollah and in Gaza and attempting to stop a major Israel response to Iran’s recent missile attack, a tropical depression formed the morning of Sunday, October 6, 2024, which became Hurricane Milton.
Moreover, the Biden Administration was putting extraordinary pressure on Israel not to strike Iran or their nuclear facilities. Biden called for a proportional response to the 181 missiles Iran fired on Israel on October 1, 2024.
Typical in record-setting hurricanes, the greater the pressure on Israel to divide their covenant land and/or are expected to accept policies which would endanger their people and their land, the greater the corresponding catastrophe as documented in my book, “Eye to Eye – Facing the Consequences of Dividing Israel.” Furthermore, I remember the intensity of Hurricane Katrina after 9500 Jews were evicted from their homes in 24 communities in Southern Gaza and four communities in Northern Samaria.
President Joe Biden had a 50-minute phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin about Israel’s retaliation against Iran as the monster Category 4 Milton was heading towards Florida. Eventually coming ashore as a major rain and wind producing event as a category 3 hurricane.
Additionally, French President Emmanuel Macron spoke of a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah and called on the international community to quit sending Israel’s military much needed equipment. An effort intended to force Israel to agree to a cease-fire in Gaza and Lebanon. Following the Macron pressure, France was hit with tropical force winds and flooding from the remnant of Hurricane Kirk, which had formed in the Atlantic. (Chronology below.)
US Senators call for Israel-Saudi normalization deal
US senators press Saudi Arabia for peace deal with Israel by end of year. Two prominent American senators from across the political aisle on Tuesday urged Saudi Arabia to reach a landmark peace accord with Israel by the end of the year as part of a regional settlement that will also include a push towards a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The last time Israel and the Saudis were near to completing a normalization agreement and Benjamin Netanyahu was speaking of Middle East peace in his September 22, UN General Assembly address, 15 days later Israel was attacked by Hamas on October 7. The God of Israel didn’t produce this evil of October 7, but he didn’t stop it from happening. (Details in the October 13, 2023 Koenig’s Eye View)
The same similarity occurred when President GW Bush and Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah completed their two-state plan on September 10, 2001, the day before the September 11, 2001 terror events in New York City and Washington D.C.
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Chronology of Hurricanes Milton and Kirk
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Senators: Biden administration delaying bombs, tractors, helicopters from Israel
Blinken tells Israel conflict escalation will make civilian return more difficult
US, France lead joint call for immediate 21-day truce between Israel and Hezbollah
Israel dismisses reports U.S.-French Lebanon ceasefire plan about to be implemented
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Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Biden doesn’t want Israeli retaliatory strike on Iranian nuclear sites
US President Joe Biden doesn’t back an Israeli retaliatory strike on Iran’s nuclear sites but has striven to build a broad international consensus for a response to the Islamic Republic’s missile strike against the Jewish state Tuesday.
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Friday, October 4, 2024
Biden says he doesn’t know whether Israel is holding up peace deal to influence 2024 US election
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Saturday, October 5, 2024
Macron calls to halt arms deliveries to Israel in Gaza war
French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a halt on arms deliveries to Israel which has been bombing Gaza for a year now, and recently launched a military operation against Lebanon.
“I think that today, the priority is that we return to a political solution, that we stop delivering weapons to fight in Gaza,” Macron told broadcaster France Inter on Saturday.
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Sunday, October 5, 2024
National Hurricane Center: Milton’s first advisory
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October 6, 2024
Netanyahu says French call to stop weapons sales used in Gaza ‘a disgrace’
Harris Says US Will Not Stop ‘Pressure’ On Israel For Ceasefire
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October 7, 2024
Netanyahu holding unplanned security consultation
Hurricane Milton becomes a Category 4 storm as it races toward Florida; mandatory evacuations
Israel hostage czar says international pressure on Israel dampens chances of Hamas accepting deal
Israel not expected to attack Iran nuke program, to focus on bases, intelligence sites, sources say
Hurricane Milton is a Category 5; Florida orders evacuations and scrambles to clear Helene’s debris
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October 8, 2024
US senators press Saudi Arabia for peace deal with Israel by end of year
Two prominent American senators from across the political aisle on Tuesday urged Saudi Arabia to reach a landmark peace accord with Israel by the end of the year as part of a regional settlement that will also include a push towards a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The diplomatic efforts by Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) come as the war against Hamas in Gaza reaches the one-year mark, and follow a series of Israeli military operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Both Hamas and Hezbollah are Iranian proxies.
US said in talks with Iran, Arab states for truce on all war fronts; Israel uninvolved
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October 9, 2024
Netanyahu-Biden call ends after 50 minutes, says PM’s office
Hurricane Milton’s ferocious eyewall moves onshore — unleashing extreme winds, rising storm surge
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October 10, 2024
Gulf states urge US to stop Israel from bombing Iran’s oil sites
Mossad’s Barnea spoke with US about linking Hezbollah ceasefire with hostage deal
Cairo, Doha push back on US proposal for Lebanese political reform
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France and Hurricane Kirk remnant
US, France lead joint call for immediate 21-day truce between Israel and Hezbollah
Israel dismisses reports U.S.-French Lebanon ceasefire plan about to be implemented
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Sunday, September 29, 2024
Biden says it’s time for a ceasefire in Lebanon
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Saturday, October 5, 2024
Macron calls to halt arms deliveries to Israel in Gaza war
French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a halt on arms deliveries to Israel which has been bombing Gaza for a year now, and recently launched a military operation against Lebanon.
“I think that today, the priority is that we return to a political solution, that we stop delivering weapons to fight in Gaza,” Macron told broadcaster France Inter on Saturday.
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Sunday, October 6, 2024
France’s Macron calls for arms sales ban on Israel as Gaza war nears a year
Hurricane Kirk (category 4) 3,000km southwest of France
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Tuesday, October 8, 2024
French FM backs Macron’s calls for arms ban, argues it’s for Israel’s security
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Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Storm Kirk Tears Through Spain, Portugal, Heads For France
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Thursday, October 10, 2024
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Briefings
War with Iran is Imminent
In the October 10 briefing, I explained how Israel’s near destruction of the Hamas and Hezbollah terror groups has dramatically changed the balance of power in the Middle East. These two terrorist organizations are proxies of Iran in its war against Israel and the United States. However, now that they have been overwhelmingly compromised, Iran finds itself in a moment of desperation and is therefore accelerating its nuclear program. I therefore discussed how a war with Iran is imminent and the need for a coordinated preemptive strike on Iran to prevent them from attaining nuclear weapons.
Please click here to view the recording of the briefing from today.
Brigadier General (res.) Amir Avivi
Founder and Chairman of IDSF Habithonistim
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Can Israel destroy Iran’s Nuclear Program?
In the October 9 briefing, Major Res. Yochanan Ben Jacob answered the question of whether Israel has the capability of striking the Iranian nuclear program. He reviewed all of Iran’s attack capabilities and Israel’s aerial defense capabilities and then he looked at possible targets in Iran and Israel’s strike options.
Please click here to view the recording of the briefing from today.
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JINSA: By Itself, With U.S.: The Case for a U.S.-Israel Mutual Defense Treaty Post-10/7
Watch Webinar – The Case for a U.S.-Israel Mutual Defense Treaty Post-10/7
Israel War Update: Monday, October 14 at 3:30 PM ET
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